Improvement in shoes



v waited, gisten @me entre FRANK T. FERGUSON,v OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS".

. Letters Patent No. 93,8l4,'duted 'August- 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT menons.4

Mpc- The Schedule referred to in these Letters .Patent and making part of the name.v

ne it. known that I, Feiner. FERGUSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State ofA Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Boot or Shoe, being au imitation of an English gaiter, as worn over a shoe or boot; and I do hereby declare that the following is-a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lett-ers of j reference marked thereon.

,My invention consists in constructing ,and uniting."-

together, in the manner hereinafter described, the

parts which usually form theseparate shoe and sepa,

rate gaiter, so that they shall compose a single article, and'yet have greater .value and advantages, and be more economically made, than when made `and worn-- separately; some of the advantages being the 'much greater ease and dispatch in pnttiiigon and takingv o from the foot, the seeming of a lunchr neater fit, and.

the better preservation of the gaiter-part from strain and wear, relieving it from the pull of the strap which passes under the foot, and preventingA its dropping down and chang, or beingv trodden` upon at the heel.

simply to make more complete the resemblance to an over-gaiter, as lusually worn.-

' The dotted line c shows the shape of the gaiter and lining under the ily d, the latter, when the' gaiteris closed and in use, covering the part beneath, and lap',

' ping it, so as to keep out dust and water.

4I prefer to makethe over-gaiter open at its side, for, say, three inches or thereabout, as shown, and to at tach the'strap b to the iiyaby a buckle, c.

The over-geiten', I fasten't-ogether by buttons andv button-holes, springs, or other well-known contrivanc-es, such as are usedrfor ordinary gaiters.

' I connector fasten the over-gaiter and shoe together in the following manner: i The lining a extends all over the inside of both the gaiter and shoe, there being a continuous piece from the top of the gaiter to the toe of the shoe. The material, whether of leather oriabric, of which the upper or vamp of the sho'e is made, extends between the gaiterand the lining a, and is :fastened by stitches between the two, and so that the gaiter part-shall be` stitched at its edge to the outside of the shoe, 'and so that such stitching shall resemble the usual stitchin on an ordinary removable gaitcr. j

I claim, as a new alticle of manufacture, the-de- `scribed imitation of an English over-gater and shoe,

`made in the manner set forth.

FRANKT. FERGUSON. Witnesses:

. O, E. DooLITTLE, H. N. WILLIAN. 

